Cannot Authenticate user with Kerberos/GSSAPI

[Joseph Tam]

mark at ohprs.org

> My last message probably contained too much information. This one is more succient.

"Succint" may not be the right adjective, because I think this is the third copy I've seen.

> Here is the dovecot log when user dsmith attempts to connect to dovecot
> from the Tbird client:

What I see is ...

> Jul 11 19:29:46 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 3 secs): user=<>, rip=192.168.0.57, lip=192.168.0.2, TLS, session=<jR0sExNUTADAqAA5>

... a failed authentication with no real mention of Kerberos stuff,
followed soon after with SSL/Kerberos yackety-yack, and ...

> Jul 11 19:30:18 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<dsmith>, method=GSSAPI, rip=192.168.0.57, lip=192.168.0.2, mpid=3150, TLS, session=<iDUNFRNUUgDAqAA5>

... successful authentication via GSSAPI!  From the log files you've shown,
you were able to authenticate "dsmith".  Your mail reader tells you otherwise?

Joseph Tam <jtam.home at gmail.com>